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Mike's Fun at Work Tip |
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Thursday, June 18, is Recess at Work Day, a day to remind people of the importance of taking a fun break at work in order to celebrate and/or be more productive and creative. A few ideas you might try:
- Grab your team and walk around the block;
- Create a mini golf putter course in your office;
- Hold a paper airplane flying contest;
- Create an impromptu awards ceremony and offer up awards for offbeat categories such as "Best Sense of Humor," or "Most Likely to OD on Caffeine; "
- Hold a 10-minute office fun dance party;
- Since part of the goal of traditional recess was to get people moving, have someone lead the team in some stretching exercises;
- Set up an ice cream bar (after all that stretching you'll deserve a reward);
- Hold a hula hoop contest;
- Hold a rousing game of Simon Says;
- Create a funny scavenger resource hunt where people have 15 minutes to find colleagues who match offbeat attributes (Find two people who can wiggle their ears; one person who can imitate a celebrity, two people who can sing the Gilligan's Island theme song...).
Use Recess at Work day to remind yourself and your team that a fun re-energizing break is too valuable to leave to chance...or to once a year!
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Quote of the Week |
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"Avoiding unhappiness is not the key to happiness." Hector.
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It's a Wacky World |
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Have you heard of the "Manilow method"? Yup, we're talking Barry Manilow here. Officials in communities in Australia and Britain have passed legislation that allows them to blast Barry Manilow-esque music through loud speakers to discourage hooligans from loitering in certain places. (I guess Barry actually writes the songs that make the young punks flee...sing along if you know the words.)
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Humor at Work
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